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Buying a Hennessy Expedition.
Getting wet under the tiny stock tarp.
Attaching the tarp to the hooks on the hammock and it sagging.
Messing around with short stock tree straps.
Buying heavy seat belt straps and paying someone to sew them up.
Buying snakeskins.
Using an interior pad.
Getting bit by mosquitoes for not having adequate under protection or spraying.

4. Hang fairly close to the ground (such that a fall won't break you). Inspect your suspension before going down for the night.

Hehehe I like the wording... although I am ignoring the point I think.

I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn

If you're setting up in the dark at lower elevations, look down with the headlamp at least once before you set up.

My first hang was over some brush in a river bottom. Some of the brush was poison oak.

Seconded. I hung low over some big rocks one night in Arizona, and was too lazy/tired to find a better spot. Tossed and turned a little that night and my Blackbird suffered a few small tears in the process.

A few from the past..
1. Look what's above you...widow makers work for Murphy's Law to destroy a tarp..or worse.
2. Always imagine what you'll do if it rains...again a Murphy's Law thing
3. Make a list of gear until it's a habit.....oh yeah, forgot the suspension straps! Drats!
4. Remember where you put your car keys.

Coldspring

Originally Posted by Coldspring

Buying a Hennessy Expedition.
Getting wet under the tiny stock tarp.
Attaching the tarp to the hooks on the hammock and it sagging.
Messing around with short stock tree straps.
Buying heavy seat belt straps and paying someone to sew them up.
Buying snakeskins.
Using an interior pad.
Getting bit by mosquitoes for not having adequate under protection or spraying.